Knowledge is obtained through the dialectic method, which is the way to gain knowledge through a structured conversation. ... The sophists were concrete people and excelled in the areas of grammar, writing and public discourse. ... Socrates taught the dialectic method proving that knowledge was achievable and that you do not persuade someone's mind to force the truth upon the but rather guide there mind in the correct direction to see the truth for themselves....

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Descartes" method and theory on knowledge was well planned and carefully thought out. ... It seems to me that Descartes showed a display of arrogance in supposing that he could devise a method of proving the existence of G-d, doing so without a great deal of difficulty. At one point in his discourse on method, Descartes sets out a code of morals, which he plans to abide by. ... In his Discourse, Descartes states "I learned not to believe anything to firmly of which I had been persuaded only by example and customs: and thus I little by little freed myself of many errors that can darken our na...

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Socrates engages in a dialectic with Thrasymachus, Polemarchus and Cephalus, a method which leads to the asking and answering of questions which directs to a logical refutation and thus leading to a convincing argument of the true nature of justice. ... Through the discourse between Cephalus, Polemarchus and Thrasymachus, Socrates' thoughts and actions towards justice are exemplified. Though their views are different and even opposed, the way all three discourse about justice and power reveal that they assume the relation between the two to be separate. ... It is through this systemati...

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As he grew and learned from the world around him and from Socrates, Plato developed his own unique style of philosophy, based around the Socratic method. Plato considered philosophy to be a systematic, rigorous method of of constantly questioning and examining everything in one's surroundings. ... His main method of teaching was the socratic method. This is a method where the teacher asks students questions to get to an answer. ... In his writing, Phaedrus he states that one needs to alter one's form and style of discourse so that it might correspond to a particular audience: [One...

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